To be a Palestinian child, trying to survive Israeli jail | Occupied West Bank
For 10 long months, 16-year-old Hussein* lived in the same clothes he was wearing when he was detained on October 3. His trousers were still…
A tech revolution in rural India: Training poor women in STEM | Women’s Rights
Kandabari, India – On a sunny morning in Kandabari village in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, a group of students is learning to…
Pakistan’s storm Asna: Legend of the Karachi saint who can ‘stop cyclones’ | Climate News
Fears of a cyclone loom over Pakistan’s southern city, Karachi, which lies on the country’s Arabian Sea coast. The city saw school closures and weather…
In JD Vance’s home state of Ohio, an ongoing fight against opioid addiction | US Election 2024 News
Middletown, Ohio – The speech was JD Vance’s chance to introduce himself to a national audience. A freshman senator from Ohio, Vance had only 18…
Diary of a Jenin family, hiding in the kitchen from Israel’s assault | Occupied West Bank
Saja Bawaqneh and six relatives have been hiding, terrified, in a corner of the family home’s kitchen since late Tuesday, August 27. There is an…
‘Houses would get petrol bombed’: UK race riots evoke memories of the 1970s | Features
London, United Kingdom – As a 16-year-old schoolgirl in her classroom at Plaistow Grammar School in London’s East End, Leila Hassan Howe, now 76, can…
Russia lashes out against ‘terrorist’ incursion in Kursk, pulls back planes | Russia-Ukraine war News
Ukraine’s deep strikes against Russian military targets and its three-week-old ground offensive inside Russian territory have appeared to be yielding military and political results during…
I tested supermarket tinned pastas – £1 a can winner hit the spot while loser had sauce like gloopy custard
PASTA purists, look away now. Tinned carbonara is making its way to shelves around the country.The Sun revealed yesterday how Heinz has launched the dish…
In Venezuela’s diaspora, protests erupt against Maduro’s contested election | Nicolas Maduro News
By harnessing their political power, members of the Venezuelan diaspora, like Arellano, are hoping to make a difference from their host countries in Latin America,…
Creating hope for Gaza’s student doctors amid Israeli bombardment | Israel-Palestine conflict
Gaza City – Before October 2023, Ezzeddin Lulu, or just “Ezz”, enjoyed sketching people he saw on the streets. With his charcoal pencil and drawing…
‘I have lost everything’: Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million families | Climate Crisis
Dhaka, Bangladesh – Ekramul Haque was stunned when his uncle called him late in the afternoon of August 21 to inform him that floodwaters had…
‘I wish I was listened to’: NSW to respond to landmark birth trauma inquiry | Women News
Sydney, Australia – Sam Hall, an Aboriginal woman from Ormiston in southeast Queensland, was 40 weeks pregnant when she felt her baby’s movements slow. She…
Does a presidential candidate’s military service still matter to US voters? | US Election 2024 News
Los Angeles, California – The criticism came almost as soon as Tim Walz joined the Democratic presidential ticket: Did the Minnesota governor exaggerate his military…
‘I need to feel safe’: After Indian rape and murder, doctors demand change | Sexual Assault
Kolkata, India – On August 21, a hot, humid afternoon, thousands of doctors and medical students marched through the capital of the eastern Indian state…
Netflix’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ trailer features Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez
A blistering new Netflix trailer starring Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez place the American actors at the center of a Spanish-language musical crime comedy heralded…
As Ukraine, Gaza wars rage on, some airlines are benefitting | Aviation
Earlier this month, British Airways announced it would suspend its service between London and Beijing starting in October and lasting at least until November 2025.…
Echoes of a massacre: Tales from Israel’s attack on al-Tabin School | Israel-Palestine conflict
Sumaya Abu Ajwa had woken up for the Fajr prayer with her two foster daughters, 16-year-old Nuseiba and 14-year-old Retaj, and their mother. She and…
The shepherd of the sea guiding small boats home to safety in South Africa | Environment
Hondeklip Bay, South Africa – Before day breaks on a cloudy morning in Hondeklip Bay, a small fishing village in South Africa’s semi-arid Namaqualand region,…
The historic hammam ritual is having a renaissance in Istanbul | Arts and Culture
Istanbul, Turkey – The Zeyrek neighbourhood of Istanbul is quintessentially residential; men play backgammon on makeshift tables and discarded vegetable crates line the streets. Seemingly…
‘I’ve never felt so worthless’: The pain of Deir el-Balah’s obliteration | Israel-Palestine conflict
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Like a scene from an endless horror movie, new orders for evacuations were issued on Wednesday morning for residential areas in…